A new arrival.

I've recently added a Barn Owl to the flying circus that is North Devon Hawk Walks. At the moment he / she is just a ball of fluff with a beak at one end and claws at the other. Let's get some photos online.

Actually, the photo above is quite recent and shows the owl at about 6 weeks of age. The down ( or fluff) is beginning to come off and the adult plumage is beginning to show.

This was taken with a thermo-graphic camera and shows just how good the fluff is at keeping the bird warm. He/she is standing on my hand. The white bits are hot, blue are cold and the red is somewhere in between.